Cascade did not go as well as planned. The first two day I was feeling pretty good and though I might be coming around and then the TT came. Long story short, light out, time cut, stage race over. I cam back to Boulder and went to the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine to find out what the heck is going on. I was able to recreate my problems on the bike in the fit lab. After that some investigating with the ultrasound machine with the help of Dr Nichol. What we found was good. First off I had no signs of arterial blockage, which was a huge relief. What was found was some tendentious of the attachment point on my upper hamstring probably caused by riding a somewhat unfamiliar bike at Philly. With that information it was back to the fit lab to change saddles, pedal axle lengths and adjust saddle height. With all of these changes made I was feeling like a new man.

July 31 was the Crankworx weekend at Winter Park full of racing, slope style comps and tons of people. I didn’t know how the xc race was going to go since my changes were made only a few days earlier but I though why not give it a shot and with instructions from my coach to go out super easy I was lining up for 24 miles of climbing technical descending and lots of mud and water. Out of the start I was just about last but I just rolled through the race picking off people and racing to test the body and not worry about the result. The course was super fun and one of the longest races in the Winter Park series. I had to stop a few times for minor mechanicals and finished a lowly 22nd place, 11 minutes behind the leaders an guys I would normally be racing with. That’s how it goes when your coming back from injury and so I chalked the weekend up as a good training session and fun time on the trails. To cap things off I headed over to the slope style comp for some wicked awesome highflying jumps and tricks. Even go to see fellow Specialized rider Darren Berrecloth ripping it up. The season can only get better from here on out!